Dr Christiana Ioannou
Assistant Professor in Cybersecurity
Course Leader of MSc Cybersecurity / MSc Cybersecurity Distance Learning
[email protected]
+357 24694046
Qualifications
PhD in Computer Science (University of Cyprus, 2017)
MSc in Computer Science (Florida Institute of Technology, 2006)
PGDipl in Management (Mediterranean Institute of Management, 2004)
BSc in Computer Science (San Diego State University, 2003)
Specialization
Computer Science (Cybersecurity, Internet of Things)
Employment Track
- Research Associate, CYENS Center of Excellence, Nicosia Cyprus (10/23 – current)
- Part-Time Lecturer, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus (01/24 – 06/24)
- Part-Time Lecturer, Frederick University, Nicosia, Cyprus (09/23 – 06/24)
- NCC Team Leader, Digital Security Authority of Cyprus (Commissioner of Communications), Nicosia, Cyprus (11/22 – 09/23)
- Visiting Lecturer, Frederick University, Nicosia, Cyprus (2/22 – 01/23)
- Part-Time Lecturer, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus (01/21 – 6/21)
- Research Fellow, CYENS Center of Excellence, Nicosia Cyprus (5/20 – 09/23)
- Part-Time Lecturer, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus (09/19 – 12/19)
- Post-doctoral Researcher, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus (2/18 – 2/22)
- Research Associate, CYENS Center of Excellence, Nicosia Cyprus (7/18 -3/20)
- Part-Time Lecturer, University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus (7/17 – 5/18)
Memberships (Academic/Professional)
- Technical Chamber of Cyprus (ETEK)
Research Interests
Cybersecurity, Internet of Things (IoT), Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN), Secure data management, Attack classification, and Deployment of distributed security agents in industrial IoT and WSN settings.
Roles and Responsibilities (including past roles and responsibilities)
Teaching and Course Leadership
- Course Leader: MSc Cybersecurity / MSc Cybersecurity Distance Learning
- List of modules taught: Masters project, Critical Analysis, Introduction to Network Routing
Selected Publications
- C. Charilou, C. Ioannou, and V. Vassiliou, “System for Operational Technology Attack Detection in Industrial IoT,” In Proceedings of the 20th Mediterranean Communication and Computer Networking Conference (MedComNet 2022), June 2022.
- N. Temene, C. Sergiou, C. Ioannou, C. Georgiou, and V. Vassiliou, “A Node Placement Algorithm Utilizing Mobile Nodes in WSN and IoT Networks,” Telecom Journal, Special Issue on IoT Applications and Industry 4.0, Telecom 2022, 3, 17-51. https://doi.org/10.3390/telecom3010002
- C. Ioannou, and V. Vassiliou. Network Attack Classification in IoT Using Support Vector Machines. Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks, 10(3):58, Sept. 2021.
- N. Temene, C. Sergiou, C. Ioannou, C. Georgiou, and V. Vassiliou, “Energy Efficient Mechanism for Reusing Mobile Nodes in WSN and IoT Networks,” In Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on IoT Applications and Industry 4.0, held in conjunction with the 17th ΙΕΕΕ International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS), ser. IoTI4 ’21, July 2021.
- C. Ioannou and V. Vassiliou “Decentralized Dedicated Intrusion Detection Security Agents for IoT Networks,” In Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Intelligent Systems for the Internet of Things, held in conjunction with the 17th ΙΕΕΕ International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS), ser. ISIoT ’21, July 2021.
- C. Ioannou and V. Vassiliou, “Evaluating Local Intrusion Detection in the Internet of Things,” In Proceedings of the 19th Mediterranean Communication and Computer Networking Conference (MedComNet 2021), June 2021.
- C. Ioannou and V. Vassiliou, “Accurate Detection of Sinkhole Attacks in IoT Networks Using Local Agents,”. In Proceedings of the 18th Mediterranean Communication and Computer Networking Conference (MedComNet 2020), June 2020.
- C. Ioannou and V. Vassiliou, “Classifying Security Attacks in IoT Networks Using Supervised Learning,” In Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Intelligent Systems for the Internet of Things, held in conjunction with the 15th ΙΕΕΕ International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS), ser. ISIoT ’19, 29 May 2019.
- C. Ioannou and V. Vassiliou, “An Intrusion Detection System for Constrained WSN and IoT,” In Proceedings of the 21st ACM International Conference on Modelling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWiM 2018), Montreal, Canada, 28 October ‑ 2 November 2018.
- C. Ioannou, V. Vassiliou and C. Sergiou (Conference Paper), “An Intrusion Detection System for Wireless Sensor Networks,” 24th International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT 2017), Limassol, Cyprus, 3-5 May 2017
Selective Research Funding/ Grant Capture
- EU Funding – Horizon-Widera-2022- Access-04, METACITIES: An Excellence Hub in South-Eastern Europe, 01/01/2023 – 31/12/2026
- CYENS Centre of Excellence, BluePark: Island‑wide Smart Parking Application for Disabled Persons, 02/01/2022 – 30/12/2022
- University of Cyprus, IDS4IoT ‑ Computational and Artificial Intelligence Solutions for Intrusion Detection in Internet of Things, 02/05/2020 – 31/03/2022
- Cyprus Seeds, IDS4IoT ‑ Intrusion Detection System for the Internet of Things, 02/10/2020 – 31/03/2024
- University of Cyprus, SmIDS: Detecting Malicious Interventions in Wireless Sensor Networks and the Internet of Things, 02/02/2019 – 30/04/2021
- EU Grant Erasmus+ KA2, SEnDIng, 01/12/2021 – 30/11/2020
- EU FP 7-ICT, GINSENG, 01/09/2008 – 29/02/2012
Scholarships/Awards
- (Scholarship / Grant) Onisilos Postdoctoral Fellowship a 24–month project funded by the University of Cyprus (totalling 60000 euro) to extend prior work on Intrusion Detection Systems using Computational and Artificial Intelligence Solutions (April 2022 ‑ March 2022)
- (Scholarship) The Onassis Foundation Science Lecture Series: Network and Information security. Selected with full scholarship to attend the week‑long lecture series with topics such as “Intrusion Detection Systems” and “Privacy, Behavior Economics, and the Illusion of Control” (July 2020).
- (Scholarship) Google Workshop for Women Engineers. Selected with full scholarship to attend the three-day-long workshop with sessions including: “Behind the Scenes Look at Google Technology” and “Dive into the Technology” (January 2006).
- (Scholarship) Recipient of Cyprus‑America Scholarship for Graduate Studies funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development. Administered in Cyprus by the Fulbright Commission. (August 2004 ‑ May 2006)
- (Award) 3rd Prize, Cyprus Entrepreneurship Competition (CyEC), Nicosia, Cyprus, 2021
- (Award) 2nd Prize, Cybersecurity Cyberdefence Hackathon, Nicosia, Cyprus 2020
- (Award) 1st Prize, Centre for Entrepreneurship IEF2019: Best Poster/Demo, Nicosia, Cyprus 2019
Other Scholarly and Outreach Activities
- WiOpt 2022 ‑ Web, EDAS, and Virtualization Chair
- MedComNet 2022 ‑ Web, EDAS, and Virtualization Chair
- MedComNet 2021 ‑ Virtualization Chair
- CPS‑IoTBench 2021, 2022 – Technical Program Committees
- MedComNet 2021 – Technical Program Committees
- Intelligent Systems for the Internet of Things (ISIoT) 2020, 2021 & 2022 – Technical Program Committees
- MedComNet 2021 ‑ Session: Security and Privacy – Session Chair
- IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, Reviewer
- Physical Communications ‑ Elsevier, Reviewer
- Computer Communications ‑ Elsevier, Reviewer
- Computers & Security ‑ Elsevier, Reviewer
- MedComNet ‑ Mediterranean Communication and Computer Networking, Reviewer
- Intelligent Systems for the Internet of Things (ISIoT) , Reviewer
- IEEE Access, Reviewer
- CPS‑IoTBench, Reviewer
- Journal of Computer Science, Reviewer
- Journal King Saud University, Reviewer
- International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications, Reviewer
